Switzerland: A way out Growing number of people sign up for assisted suicide
By Jo Fahy This content was published on February 14, 2018 The barbiturate Pentobarbital is taken at home by people who wish to die (Keystone) Every year, thousands of […]
Slippery wicket: Cricket on ice keeps Switzerland on Indian tourist radar
This content was published on February 9, 2018 Players need to wrap up in thermals, gloves and hats and have footwear with a good grip to stop them […]
Impact Bonds : Switzerland: a hub for innovative social financing
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Zurich This content was published on February 6, 2018 The UBS Optimus Foundation invested in a DIB to help girls attend school in rural India […]
Myanmar exodus : Switzerland to provide extra CHF12 million for displaced Rohingya
This content was published on February 5, 2018 Billboards in Dhaka welcome the Swiss president who is on a four-day state visit to Bangladesh (Keystone) President Alain Berset has announced […]
global training: Switzerland pledges extra funds for education in developing world
This content was published on February 3, 2018 4:06 PMFeb 3, 2018 – 16:06 Knowledge is power: a classroom in the Philippines. (Keystone) Switzerland has announced it is stepping […]
Religion in Switzerland: Non-believers make up a quarter of Swiss population
This content was published on January 31, 2018 The proportion of Protestants declined the most of all religious groups (Keystone) According to data released by the Federal Statistical Office […]
Holocaust Memorial Day: Coming to terms with a tarnished Swiss wartime record
By Julie Hunt https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43845042&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 27, 2018 11:00 AMJan 27, 2018 – 11:00 January 27, 2018 marks Holocaust Memorial Day, to remember the six million Jews killed during World War II. swissinfo.chexternal link looks back at Switzerland’s questionable wartime policies towards Jews […]
Religious conversions: Are Swiss-funded Christian NGOs unwelcome in India?
By Anand Chandrasekhar This content was published on January 28, 2018 Hundreds of Christians protested in Delhi when a Catholic church was set on fire in 2014 just after […]
We don’t have Plan B for Mideast peace at this stage — King Abdullah of Jordan
By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdulah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in Davos on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) […]
WEF 2018: Fringe players aim to upstage Trump in Davos
By Matthew Allen in Davos This content was published on January 22, 2018 WEF hopes to solve some of the problems facing the world, rather than simply rearranging the chairs […]
In graphics : Who makes up the in-crowd at WEF?
By Marguerite Meyer and Kai Reusser in depth: WEF Davos 2018 This content was published on January 24, 2018 The issues discussed at the World Economic Forum may seem to reflect the topics of our time, but a closer look at the guest list shows that little has changed. The average […]
Peter Maurer: Hacking and cyber warfare are top humanitarian concerns
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani in depth: WEF Davos 2018 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43847744&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 24, 2018 11:00 AMJan 24, 2018 – 11:00 The mounting threat of […]
Protesters break through security in Davos to march against Trump and WEF
Police estimate that 2,000 protesters demonstrated in Zurich and hundreds marched in public squares in Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg. Flag-waving demonstrators carried anti-globalist and environmentalist placards such as, “No Trump, […]
Davos 2018: five things you need to know about the WEF today
Jan 24, 2018 Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Paolo Gentiloni among speakers Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The Swiss resort of Davos The second day of the World Economic Forum […]
Peter Maurer: ICRC chief outlines humanitarian challenges for 2018 at WEF
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani This content was published on January 23, 2018 Urban warfare will continue to pose problems for humanitarian groups in 2018 (Keystone) Peter Maurer, […]
The list of Davos attendees for 2018
Source: Quartz By David Yanofsky January 22, 2018 The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, begins on Jan. 23. While the full roster of attendees was closely guarded […]
What’s World Economic Forum and why does Davos matter?
by David Child Al Jazeera Klaus Schwab created the European Management Forum, which later became the WEF, in 1971 [Markus Schreiber/AP] The four-day 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting begins […]
Davos 2018: what you need to know about Switzerland’s biggest business bash
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 18 January 2018 davosbusinesswef File photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will see the rich and famous flying in […]
Trump calls the tune at Davos party
By GIDEON RACHMAN January 22, 2018 The WEF meeting in the Swiss mountain resort and the idea of elite-driven globalisation is much more contested than it was a decade ago(Keystone) When […]
This Country Is Making It Illegal to Boil Live Lobsters
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS January 16, 2018 Boiling lobsters alive — a common practice for cooks transforming the popular crustaceans into a meal — will soon be illegal in Switzerland. The […]